June 22–27, I attended the BioEM2025 conference in Rennes, France. As before, the event discussed the effects of electromagnetic fields from a variety of perspectives. What stood out in my mind was that the event also contributed to researchers’ skills and abilities with regard to conducting good-quality studies. To carry out a good epidemiological study, for example, requires a lot of time and hard work. It was also nice to see that the BioEM society, created a few years ago by merging BEMS and EBEA, has gotten off to a good start.

Once again, I have found some fascinating scientific articles for this new bulletin. The bulletin starts with presenting a report on recent research on electromagnetic fields and health risks by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority’s Scientific Council. The report offers quite a comprehensive presentation of the latest scientific data.

As usual, I have included articles related to childhood leukemia. One of them is a study conducted in Switzerland that examined exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and the risk of childhood hematological malignancies. UV radiation is obviously not the same as extremely low-frequency magnetic fields, but I think it is good to explore the topic from a wider angle.

This time, the domain of technical devices includes power lines, indoor substations, and electrical appliances. Different sources of exposure are also discussed extensively in this bulletin.

I’ll conclude the bulletin with an article related to fish; in the study, the researchers had zebrafish do visual cognitive tasks and observed their behavior.

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I attended the BioEM2024 conference that took place June 16–21, 2024, in Crete, Greece. As before, the event discussed the effects of electromagnetic fields from a variety of perspectives.

As I have already mentioned in my previous bulletins, the European Commission has asked the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) to produce two scientific opinions on the safety of electromagnetic fields (Opinion I and II). Further information on this process is available on SCHEER’s website.

In November 2023, SCHEER launched a public consultation on the Preliminary Opinion on potential health effects of exposure to low frequencies. The exact title of the Opinion published by SCHEER is “Potential health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF): Update with regard to frequencies between 1Hz and 100kHz”. The latest information on SCHEER’s website is that the comments received are currently being examined.

Once again, I have found some fascinating scientific articles for this new bulletin. The bulletin starts with a publication that reports on the effects of electromagnetic fields on wild fauna and flora. I have usually focused on studies relating mainly to people, but this article piqued my interest.

Towards the end of the bulletin, the topics discussed include the safety of smart meters and how to conduct a risk assessment for workers with wearable medical devices exposed to electromagnetic fields.

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I attended the BioEM2023 conference organized for June 18–23, 2023, in Oxford, UK. The event discussed the effects of electromagnetic fields from a variety of perspectives. A bit of a surprise to me was to hear how common it is in the beauty industry to use devices with functions related to electromagnetic fields. It was also interesting to learn about the studies related to pacemakers.

As mentioned in my previous bulletins, the European Commission has asked the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) to produce two scientific opinions on the safety of electromagnetic fields (Opinion I and II). I have now discovered on SCHEER’s website that the WG on Electromagnetic fields (EMF) II did work on the draft text in their meeting on May 26, 2023.

Once again, I have found some fascinating scientific articles for this new bulletin. The bulletin now also includes articles on topics other than low frequency electric and magnetic fields. For example, researchers have looked into the effects of electromagnetic fields generated by electric cars, smartphones and smartwatches on cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. I think this is a topic of general interest as these devices are so common nowadays.

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